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Flying with Arabs
Posted by calais50 • 7/24/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
After 9/11, I heard some people mention that they would get off an airplane if arabs were on board. Would you be a little worried if a group of, say, 5 arab men in traditional garb boarded your flight? I wouldn't, unless they seemed overtly unfriendly. Have you ever been on a flight with a passenger (arab or not) who you were a little worried about?
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I wouldn't be worried at all! All the pilots are locked up in the cockpit now with bullet proof doors PLUS the pilots carry guns.-
What if you were flying in a country where that wasn't the case?
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I'd fly anyway. If it's my time then it is what it is.
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I haven't flow in years and years and years. Well, OK I flew in '03 - I didn't have a problem at all.
I don't think I would, anyway. -
Yeah getting off a plane because it has Arabs on it, that's not an over reaction. I despair sometimes. -
We live in Dubai and always fly with 'Arabs' even though we're Brits....
Keep an open mind people! -
yeah, that's the need of the hour! And if the terrorists want to strike, they'll not pose as Arabs wearing their garb!-
Lol! Good point. Look out for the ones with I love NY tees, ha ha.
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So what. I am pretty sure they aren't terrorists because they aren't trying to pose as something else. The terrorists were trying to blend in during the 9/11 hijacking. Plus with todays screening, they would have been thorough. I would be more worried about an anonymous passenger having something dangerous. -
Honestly I'm usually more uncomfortable when someone's loud azz baby persistantly cries, or someone's unattended ADD-child keeps kicking my chair. I belive that Arab or not, we have a lot more to be afraid of down on the ground. If someone highjack my plane and I die, at least I know everyone in my family will be put through college.
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